Every year I have done a lengthy “Year in Review” piece chronicling the passing year’s significant events. With it, I include an “In Memorium” section that lists and recognizes all of the noteworthy people that passed during the year. I have decided to forgo both for two reasons. The presidential election so dominated the news, […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “She Gave”
She gave me her love. I didn’t search for it. She simply gave it, Total, unquestioned love. A whisper in the air, Was all I felt at first. It grew to be so much more, In thought and touch. The kindness. The care. Contentment. A peace. Showing commitment. True to her word. Smiles on her […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Looking Back”
There is no way to store again Our hopes of yesterday; No opening our dreams again To times when life was gay. No way for hearts to soar again For lovers to forescore again; There’s only to abhor again Whatever brought dismay. Whatever tears may rise in us Won’t last beyond each day; Won’t answer […]
Poetry Corner: Peter Bray “Tan Pony Blues/Thin Limb in the Rain”
Out on the branches of a thin limb, caught between the holidays and rain, nobody wants to be doing home repairs now, everyone’s focused on buying presents and making their best holiday gravy. “Make a rue,” says my one brother to another on the land line phone at Nana-Mom’s while brother #3 is out of […]
Poetry Corner: Jeff Burkhart “A Beach-able Moment” (A true accounting of a recent evening in Benicia)
He bought a boat to sail away From all of life’s frustrations Thought that he would then be free To sail to faraway nations Dreams of islands far from here And friendly native women And oysters that are ripe with pearls To find while they’re out swimmin’ He set sail and got as far As […]
Poetry Corner: Johanna Ely “The Mystery”
Night after night I dream about the mystery, call it unnamed into my heart, let it fall like rain behind my eyelids. I wake up dripping with sweat but remember nothing. The mystery is there like certain poems I never quite understand or the feeling of anxiety, my breath held in, instead of released. It […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason Countdown to Christmas”: Christmas Presence
Well, Christmas Day is finally upon us, and my small gift to the world is delivered and done with the installment of today’s poem. I would like to thank each and every one of you stalwart souls for reading this assemblage of material. And as for those of you that have left a kind word, […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason Countdown to Christmas”: Santa Claus (The Untold Story)
When Santa Claus was 21, December 24th His father bade him to the sleigh, the two of them set forth In case you didn’t know it, Santa’s pass from dad to son So this young man was destined to, become the 41 The tenure of each Santa Claus, is 50 long hard years Santa’s […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “That Grass Was Once Mine”
Tread lightly now, for where you walk, The grass that grows was once mine. Where footsteps fall, and soft winds blow, In seasons foul or fine. The field now with new grown grass, Shining green in the sun. Where once before the sound that came, Told of fame, and brave deeds done. The tree that […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Opportunity”
Things remain for us to do or dare Even the oldest branch Some fruit may bear For age is opportunity No less than youth, itself Tho in another time And, lo, as twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars Invisible by day